When artists create pictures and thinkers search for laws and formulate thoughts, it is in order to salvage something from the great dance of death, to make something that lasts longer than we do. Narcissus and Goldmund (1930)
How mysterious this life was, how deep and muddy its waters ran, yet how clear and noble what emerged from them. Narcissus and Goldmund (1930)
There was room for repentance and solitude; room for good living and company. Narcissus and Goldmund (1930)
It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is: each the other's opposite and complement. Ch. IV Narcissus and Goldmund (1930)
My wish for you two young scholars is that you may never lack a superior whose wits are duller than your own. No salve for pride is better than that. Ch. I Narcissus and Goldmund (1930)